Harness-pad.



No. 727,857. PATENTED MAY 12, 1903,.

W. SMITH.

HARNESS PAD. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1903.

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Fatented May 12 1903.

ATENT WILLIARD SMITH, OF SEWARD, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO GUSTAVUS BABSON AND SANFORD E. BABSON, OF SEWARD, NEBRASKA.

HARNESS-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,857, dated May 12, 1903.

Application filed February 7, 1903. Serial No. 142,352, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,'WILL1ARD SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seward, in the county of Seward and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Harness-Pad, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to harness-pads, and has for its object to improve the manner of connecting the various parts together to permit of their ready separation for repairing or other purposes, thus materially reducing the expense of such repairs and improving the construction, operation, and efficiency of the device generally.

To these ends the invention comprises the details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, illustrating the parts disassembled. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation illustrating the parts assembled. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of yoke. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a modified form of stud for securing the upper and lower plates together.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a harness pad or saddle, which may be of any suitable or desired form of construction and the plate 2 to the saddle, these rivets passing through laterally-proj ectin g flanges 6, formed on the nut.

7 indicates a plate, herein termed the upper plate, provided with depending headed studs or lugs 8, adapted in practice to engage the keyhole-slots 3 in the lower plate for removably securing the parts together. The upper plate, which in size and contour conforms to the lower plate, is provided along its longitudinal edges with depending flanges,

which when the upper plate is in position embrace the longitudinal edges of the lower plate. The upper plate is further provided with an annular hole or perforation 9, adapted in practice to register with the hole 4 and.

the underlying nut 5.

10 indicates a metal yoke provided at-its ends with annular perforations 11 and along its longitudinal edges with depending flanges 12. This yoke is bent, as usual, to conform to the central bend of the saddle and is providedwith a checkrein-hook 13. When the yoke is in position, the perforations 11 register with the perforations 9 4 and turret-nut 5, and the yoke is held in place by means of the turrets 14, which are passed through the perforations therein and the similar perforations in the upper and lower plates, with their ends screwed into the turret-nuts 5.

The lugs 8, which serve to attach the upper to the lower plate, also receive and'carry the girth-strap 15 and the usual saddle-flaps 16. 17 is a clip carried by the yoke and adapted to receive the end of the back-strap of the harness.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 is a form of yoke designed for use in connection with jointed saddles, and this yoke is in all respects similar to that above described, except that at its ends are formed tranverse slots 18, in which are mounted clips 19, formed of sheet metal having one end passed through the slot and bent backward upon itself and embracing the metal pintle 20, on which the clips may swing freely relative to the yoke. The upper and lower plates of the clip, which are spaced apart, are adapted in practice to receive between them the end of the upper plate 7 and are provided with annularperforations which register with the perforation in the plate and receive the screw-threaded shank of the turret for holding the parts together, as in the manner above described.

In practice when it is desired to disconnect the parts for repairing or other purposes it is simply necessary to remove the turret 14, when the upper plate may be readily do tached from the lower plate, as will be readily understood.

In Fig. 4 is illustrated a modified form of lug for connecting the upper to the lower plate, and when this lug is employed on the upper plate the lower plate will be provided with an ordinary straight slot and an annular perforation instead of the keyhole-slots above described.

It is to be understood that minor changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the limits or scope of this invention-for example, the lower plate instead of being secured to the outer face of the saddle, as herein shown, may be applied to the under face of the upper leather of the saddle and the leather suitably perforated to permit the engagement of the lugs 8 with the slots 3.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is-- 1. The combination with a harness-pad, of a lower plate riveted thereto and provided with slots and a perforation, an upper plate having headed lugs adapted to removably engage said slots, and a perforation registering with the perforation in the lower plate, a turret-nut secured beneath the lower plate by means of the rivets which attach the plate to the pad, and a turret having a shank passed through the perforations in the said plates and tapped into the nut.

2. The combination with a harness-pad, of a lower plate secured thereto and provided with slots and a perforation, an upper plate having lugs adapted to removably engage the slots, and a perforation registering with the perforation in the lower plate, a yoke-plate provided at its end with a pivoted clip, and a turret extended through the perforations formed in the clip and plates and secured by a nut.

3. The combination with a harness-pad, of a lower plate secured thereto and provided with slots and a perforation, an upper plate having lugs adapted to removably engage the slots, and a perforation registering with the perforation in the lower plate, a yoke-plate, a clip pivotedto the yoke-plate and provided with upper and lower members adapted to receive the end of the upper plate between them, and a turret having a shank extended through the perforations formed in the clip and plates and secured by a nut.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIARD SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. J. THOMAS, F. E. THOMAS, 

